ELKHART, Ind. - A school board member who was convicted last year of sexual assault for allegedly groping a woman has decided to run for re-election.

Andy Williams, a member at large of the Elkhart Community Schools board, said that despite his conviction he would like to continue to serve as a school board member.

"I regret the situation that happened, but we have to continue and look past these things," Williams, who maintains his innocence, said last week. "I believe the most important part is to stay focused on kids."

Williams, then a postal carrier, was found guilty last April of sexual assault for bear-hugging and groping a 31-year-old woman he met on his route on Dec. 1, 2001. He received a one-year suspended sentence.

In June, parents presented a petition with more than 100 signatures asking Williams to resign. The board stated that it did not have the authority to remove him.

Williams, 55, has since retired from the Postal Service.

Police suspect alcohol in crash that killed 2

ATHENS, Ohio - A car veered off the roadway, flipped and came to rest upside down in a creek, killing the vehicle's two teenage passengers, the State Highway Patrol said.

Alcohol was suspected as a factor in the Saturday crash that killed Maggie Tabler, 16, of Albany, and Olivea Sole, 14, of Athens, the patrol said.

The car's driver, Jana Miller, 16, of Albany, was taken to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, where she was treated and released.

Emergency workers were able to partially remove the vehicle from the water to free the three teens, the patrol said.

Bar of lottery winner's spouse closes

CLEVELAND - Add an inner-city neighborhood to the litany of hard-luck fallout from a disputed $162 million Mega Millions multistate lottery jackpot.

The block where the lottery winner's husband owned a tavern has fallen on hard times: The bar has closed, throwing employees out of work, and business has dropped sharply at two nearby restaurants that shared patrons with Sam Jemison's tavern.

The owner of the Taste of Heaven restaurant said the block is dead since the jackpot was awarded 21/2 weeks ago.

Suburban South Euclid, where jackpot winner Rebecca Jemison lived until she became a millionaire, got a double whammy: It lost out on a $1.4 million income tax windfall from the jackpot because of a lawmaking oversight and now it faces unexpected police overtime to watch Jemison's empty house, which has become a tourist stop.

James Wilson, who worked at Jemison's lounge part time doing odd jobs, misses Sam Jemison and said he had been generous with the needy in the neighborhood.

Wilson said the lounge was like a second home, "a typical neighborhood spot" where people gathered for drinks, conversation and laughter.